The evolution of computers since you have used them.

Hi, megamatt! My first computer was a desktop computer. It had a 324MB harddisk with DOS and Windows 3.1 on it. Then my aunt installed a Windows 95 on it and I was so amazed by its beautiful user interface. But beside the 200+MB used by windows 95, I only had 100MB for other usage. I was suffering from the lack of storage space every time I wanted to install somthing. I'm so shocked that you all had so large hard disks in Win 95 - Win 98 period. I only have 10GB in that period of time. When Windows XP appeared, I had improved my hdd space to 80GB.

The first computer I ever used was when I was in college. It filled a huge room and you used a special machine to type up a big stack of punch cards that were then fed into another machine to be converted to machine language to be fed into the computer. The computing power of this huge, room filling computer was less than you can get on phones today.

My first experience of a computer was with the Sinclair ZX81 my Brother brought home from University one time...then,The first computer I bought was a Commodore 64 in the late '80's,and my first PC to get online with was an Intel 486 that could just about run Win '95!

i think the Ram and hard disk size has made really a big evolution. but i dont experience a big difference in speed, ofcourse it has improved not in very much.

The first computer I used has windows 98 installed on it. I don't have my own computer then so I have to settle with the school's computers. I remember that I really enjoyed playing Hangaroo and using MS Paint before. Now I can't settle on playing the same pc game for more than a couple of months and I keep upgrading my version of photoshop time and again. XD

I still remember when I first started using Computer, I didn't even know how to shut down a computer. I called my cousin and asked him what is the procedure to properly shut down a computer. At that time, we used to have AT Casing so after shutting the computer down, it showed a screen stating "It's now safe to turn off your computer". I had 4 GB Hard Drive, 200Hz processor, 32mb Ram and 14" monitor. That was the time when I used Windows 95 for the very first time, before that, we used to have DOS on our computers and played a several DOS Games as well. After that we were promoted to Windows 97 (actually windows 95 OEM), later on Windows 98. Computers have dominated it's need in our daily lives and now, I don't think people can even survive without using Computers, just as Electricity has become a part of our lives and we can't even survive without it.

My first computers were before Windows. You had to use a tape recorder if you wanted to save anything, and you had to program them yourself. Then I went to Commodores, which could save, but took forever to do it. My first Microsoft computer was the DOS, which was always crashing. It was a real pain in the butt. I don't remember the last Microsoft OS I used, but I switched to Macs about ten years ago, and have been very happy with them. The changes have been amazing, much more than you'd expect in a technology in such a short time.

Mine is an acer 386 way back in the 80's. It has monochrome display and runs on DOS 3.5 floppy disks. We used to play LHX Attack Helicopter, Wordstar and practice database on it. It was really very advanced in its time then.

lol my first computer was win 95 or 98 i think it had 40gb hdd... played mario, charlie the duck at it, and later games like settlers 3